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Learn More Now: Uncovering the Root Cause of Workplace Stress

According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress is the primary source of stress for American adults, and it is progressively getting worse over the last several decades. If you’re a hiring manager, this can make your job even more challenging, because you’ll need to weed through burned-out applicants.  Long-term, increased stress can lead […]

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Learn How to Prepare Infectious-Disease Plans for Work

As coronavirus (COVID-19) begins spreading throughout the United States, employers need to stay educated about how to prevent the spread of this deadly virus, especially if you’re trying to maintain strict HR compliance.  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued travel warnings and encourages people to clean their hands often – […]

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7 Human Resources Tasks For Companies to Automate Now

Human Resources is one of the most overworked and understaffed company departments and often faces managing hiring new employees, answering benefit-related questions and coordinating an endless mountain of paperwork. Enter modern-day HR automation, which can make management more affordable and accessible. Payroll – When payroll is automated, it reduces the possibilities of human error and […]

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How to Fire an Employee with Less Stress

Having to fire an employee can be an extremely stressful and daunting task for a seasoned manager. Even if an employee has received warnings about behavior, no one thinks they’ll actually get fired. In reality, you’d like to drop-kick that employee out of your business, but to keep things fair and legal, may we offer […]

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Learn How to Diversify Your Workforce

Companies that have diversified workforces experience long-term value creation and increased profitability. Equality between genders also has room for improvement but has progressed significantly over the last 50 years.  Why Do Diversified Workforces Matter? When most people initially think about diversified workforces, they generally assume that this focuses only on gender and ethnicity. However, diversity […]

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Why Employees Love These Popular Job Perks

Employees love job perks. I’m not talking about the traditional perks, such bonuses, vacation time, flex-time, etc. Of course, employees want those types of benefits. They’re pretty standard in today’s society. What I’m exploring are the fun, exciting and edgy job perks that draw employees to companies. When I was a Human Resources Manager in […]

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Be Prepared: 10 Tough, Common Job Interview Questions

When going to a job interview, you know you’ll probably get some tough, crazy and even some off-the-wall questions. To not totally bomb the interview, you need to prepare! Here are 10 tough questions that you may want to ask if you’re doing online recruitment (or prepare for if you’re interviewing) in a job interview. […]

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Top Reasons Why Companies Outsource Work

Traditionally, outsourcing is defined as strategically utilizing outsourcing resources to perform job duties and activities that would traditionally be handled by internal resources and staff. In fact, many companies outsource online recruitment and hiring.  Companies often contract major services from valued business partners that have areas of expertise or knowledge that may also come at […]

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The High Cost of Sales Team Turnover

Even when the economy is down, top salespeople are in demand. Salespeople have the ability to transition their skills from one sales job to another easily. This also means that companies are at a high risk of losing salespeople to more lucrative job opportunities, which is why sales team turnover can be high. Remarkably, the […]

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The Adventures in Weeding Through Job Applications

Human Resources Managers generally fall into a heap of overwhelming exhaustion after interviewing potential job candidates for a week. Today’s job applicants are different from 15 years ago. Job applicants generally fall into several different categories: Windex(R) Clean – These are dream candidates, which every company wants to pick up and hire immediately on the […]